Below you will find links to resources and tools useful to healthcare providers in the support and treatment of pregnant and postpartum patients and their families.
MedEdPPD.org provides reliable, evidenced-based tools for professionals as well as for families. Here are some of the provider tools available on their website.
A Care Pathways algorithm designed for medical professionals evaluating postpartum women to help determine if their patient has reached a positive or negative outcome since giving birth. The outcome will indicate if the patient should be referred for additional mental health services or put on an antidepressant regimen and monitored. This free tool can be accessed HERE.
Screening tools including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale.
Expert CE/CME presentations and case studies.
Provider FAQs.
Spectrum Women’s Health Toolkit for Healthcare Providers
This toolkit was created to help prepare healthcare staff, garner financial and resource support and design your own postpartum depression program. The step-by-step approach helps you create an advisory team, train staff, begin screening, establish follow-up protocols, develop a referral team, implement groups and services, launch a telephone support and information line, and create a program evaluation process. One kit costs $450.
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Provider Consultation line
This service consults to health care providers who have questions about the detection, diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression and anxiety disorders. Consultants are UIC faculty and staff clinicians (psychiatrists, an advanced practice nurse and a social worker). While providers seeking consultation may call this line for information in making treatment decisions about a particular patient or patients, this service does not consult directly to or about individual patients, and should not be construed as direct advice about managing any particular patient’s care. Please also note that this is not a “hotline” and calls are answered or responded to usually within one business day.
Perinatal Depression Information Network
The Perinatal Depression Information Network (PDIN) collects and organizes information on perinatal depression across the United States. The PDIN creates a forum to bring together maternal, child, and mental health providers, leaders, and families to address perinatal depression and its significant threat to the well-being of mothers and their families. The PDIN lists specific contacts and other key information for each resource in the network. Online information ranges from provider toolkits and training modules to research, policy, funding and legislative initiatives. Special features include a forum to pose questions and discuss issues, and a section on materials for women and families.
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership Community Collaboration Toolkit
The Toolkit is a Pennsylvania Perinatal Depression Project, an initiative of Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership. While focused on Pennsylvania, it offers tools applicable no matter your location. Visit www.paperinatal.org to view excerpts and download the free 163-page toolkit, which includes fact sheets, tables, website links, talking points, consultation lines, treatment guides and information about recent legislation to aid providers when screening and treating women with perinatal depression.
University of Washington “Keys to Postpartum Depression”
Created by nurse scientists at the University of Washington and members of the Washington State First Steps Team, “Keys to Postpartum Depression” offers three multi-media training modules on Understanding and Treating Women with Perinatal Depression & Mood Disorders, Relationship Focused Practice, and Screening for Perinatal Depression.
Below you will find links to resources and tools useful to healthcare providers in the support and treatment of pregnant and postpartum patients and their families.
MedEdPPD.org provides reliable, evidenced-based tools for professionals as well as for families. Here are some of the provider tools available on their website.
A Care Pathways algorithm designed for medical professionals evaluating postpartum women to help determine if their patient has reached a positive or negative outcome since giving birth. The outcome will indicate if the patient should be referred for additional mental health services or put on an antidepressant regimen and monitored. This free tool can be accessed HERE.
Screening tools including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale.
Expert CE/CME presentations and case studies.
Provider FAQs.
Spectrum Women’s Health Toolkit for Healthcare Providers
This toolkit was created to help prepare healthcare staff, garner financial and resource support and design your own postpartum depression program. The step-by-step approach helps you create an advisory team, train staff, begin screening, establish follow-up protocols, develop a referral team, implement groups and services, launch a telephone support and information line, and create a program evaluation process. One kit costs $450.
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Provider Consultation line
This service consults to health care providers who have questions about the detection, diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression and anxiety disorders. Consultants are UIC faculty and staff clinicians (psychiatrists, an advanced practice nurse and a social worker). While providers seeking consultation may call this line for information in making treatment decisions about a particular patient or patients, this service does not consult directly to or about individual patients, and should not be construed as direct advice about managing any particular patient’s care. Please also note that this is not a “hotline” and calls are answered or responded to usually within one business day.
Perinatal Depression Information Network
The Perinatal Depression Information Network (PDIN) collects and organizes information on perinatal depression across the United States. The PDIN creates a forum to bring together maternal, child, and mental health providers, leaders, and families to address perinatal depression and its significant threat to the well-being of mothers and their families. The PDIN lists specific contacts and other key information for each resource in the network. Online information ranges from provider toolkits and training modules to research, policy, funding and legislative initiatives. Special features include a forum to pose questions and discuss issues, and a section on materials for women and families.
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership Community Collaboration Toolkit
The Toolkit is a Pennsylvania Perinatal Depression Project, an initiative of Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership. While focused on Pennsylvania, it offers tools applicable no matter your location. Visit www.paperinatal.org to view excerpts and download the free 163-page toolkit, which includes fact sheets, tables, website links, talking points, consultation lines, treatment guides and information about recent legislation to aid providers when screening and treating women with perinatal depression.
University of Washington “Keys to Postpartum Depression”
Created by nurse scientists at the University of Washington and members of the Washington State First Steps Team, “Keys to Postpartum Depression” offers three multi-media training modules on Understanding and Treating Women with Perinatal Depression & Mood Disorders, Relationship Focused Practice, and Screening for Perinatal Depression.